覆水難收

See also: 覆水难收

Chinese

		to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter; to overturn; to capsize	water; river	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)
trad. (覆水難收)		覆	水	難	收
simp. (覆水难收)		覆	水	难	收
Literally: “It is difficult to retrieve water after (its container) has been knocked over”.

Etymology

First attested in the Book of the Later Han.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fùshuǐnánshōu

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fuk¹ seoi² naan⁴ sau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fùshuǐnánshōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fùshuěinánshou
  - Wade–Giles: fu⁴-shui³-nan²-shou¹
  - Yale: fù-shwěi-nán-shōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhshoeinanshou
  - Palladius: фушуйнаньшоу (fušujnanʹšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fuk¹ seoi² naan⁴ sau¹
  - Yale: fūk séui nàahn sāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fuk⁷ soey² naan⁴ sau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fug¹ sêu² nan⁴ seo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊk̚⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ naːn²¹ sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

覆水難收

there's no point crying over spilt milk

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